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Registration is now open for IT@Texprocess, the wearable IT fair which will run alongside Texprocess 2015.
News29 Sept 2014The Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) recently surveyed over 2,200 landholders involved in projects funded by the Community Wild Dog Control Initiative, tasked with protecting Australia’s flocks from wild dogs.
The American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists’ (AATCC) Introduction to Textile Testing Workshop will be held December 3-4 at the AATCC headquarters in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, US. This workshop has been designed for textile industry professionals who are responsible for product evaluation, specifications and quality control for apparel and textile materials.
News29 Sept 2014Over 150 visitors from across the textile value chain from nearly 20 countries attended this year’s Stakeholder Conference last week in Cologne, Germany. The discussions focused on issues such as tapping new markets for African cotton and thus securing income for cotton farmers, as well as establishing a textile value chain in Africa.
Techtextil, international technical textiles and nonwovens trade fair, is organising the 13th edition of its ‘Textile Structures for New Building 2015’ student competition. The winning projects will be exhibited at the next Techtextil show from May 4-7 next year.
Insight29 Sept 2014The wool market maintained its recent gains and the Cape Wools Merino indicator closed Tuesday’s (September 23) auction up by a marginal 0.6% at R114.68 per kilo clean. This is 2.7% higher compared to the opening sale of this season and 2.0% up compared to the corresponding sale of the previous season.
News29 Sept 2014Pakistan cotton values fell sharply last week, as the Karachi Cotton Association (KCA) spot rate fell Rs 100 to Rs 5,450 per maund on Monday September 22, before dropping by a further Rs 100 on Tuesday September 23, and again by the same amount on Wednesday September 24.
News29 Sept 2014According to the China National Bureau of Statistics, yarn production during August amounted to 3.24 million tonnes, down 1.31% on the previous month. However, the figure was still up 10.06% on the same month of last year.
The Australian wool market has held firm for another week, with the Australian Wool Exchange’s (AWEX) Eastern Market Indicator (EMI) remaining at 1,023 Australian cents per kilo clean following the auctions on September 24 and 25. In US dollar terms, the EMI has taken another sizeable fall of 16 US cents to 901 cents per kilo.
